26 Sep 2007

Bangkok Pundit [Blog]
bangkokpundit.blogspot.com
Self-description: "A blog [est. Feb 2005 - ed.] about Thai Politics and the insurgency in Southern Thailand."
Site contents:
* Search This Blog [by any keyword]; * [Search by] Labels: Thaksin (131 posts), southern Thailand (118), media (76), Surayud (72), The Nation (69), CNS (65), coup (64), constitution (49), Gen Sonthi (44), PAD (43), TRT (40), Democrat Party (34), Prem (28), politics (25), PTV (20), quote of the day (19), saprang (18), Notices (17), election (15), Chat Thai (14), Royal Family (13), thai rath (10), bombings (7), lese majeste (7), sufficiency economy (7), Chavalit (6), freedom of speech (6), light relief (6), judiciary (5), FTAs (4), NGOs (4), COIN (3), Matichon Weekly (3), military (3), ppp (3), samak (3), Not in the ELMT (2), foreign policy (2), poll (2), terrorism (2); * Blog Archive * 2007 (361 posts, with 61 posts in September 2007, incl.: # Vigilante Groups or Defenders of Thai Territory?, # Symbolism of the Protests and the Philippines, # Thai Media Reporting on the Protests in Burma and ..., # Surayud Government Rhetoric on the South, # Focus on the Deep South, # Conflict between the Anti-Thaksinites, # The Same Constituency, # Not Standing for the Royal Anthem) 2006 (320); 2005 (52); * News Links [live feeds] (# Saffron Revolution [Rule of Lords] / Burma, # US to impose new Burma sanctions [BBC] / Burma, # Teacher Shot Dead in Pattani [The Nation] / insurgency, # 9 Children Severely InJured in the South [The Nation] / insurgency, # Chavalit Back in the Game [The Nation] / chavalit [...]); * Recent Comments; * Daily Read [related blogs, newspapers, and news aggregators] (2Bangkok, Asia Sentinel, Bangkok Post, Chut, Deep South Watch, GooGeek, Kitty, Lost Boy, New Mandala, Newley, Nor Sor Por, Prachatai, Siam Sentinel, Thailand Crisis, Thailand Jumped the Shark, The Nation).
URL http://bangkokpundit.blogspot.com/
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://bangkokpundit.blogspot.com/
Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at-coombs.anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news/comments - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: News/Comments
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Other
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: over 3,000 [in fact 12,400]

24 Sep 2007

Japan Focus: An Asia-Pacific Journal - Issue Sep 24, 2007
japanfocus.org, Ithaca, NY, US
Supplied note: "The following articles were posted on Sep 24, 2007 at Japan Focus.
* Bill Bowtell, HIV/AIDS: The Looming Asia Pacific Pandemic
* James Caroll and Tom Engelhardt, American Fundamentalisms and World Disorder
* Hiratate Hideaki, Japan's Working Poor: Low Pay Threatens Quality of Elder Care
* Hiroaki SATO, Miyazawa Kenji: The Poet as Asura?
* Owen Griffiths, Militarizing Japan: Patriotism, Profit, and Children's Print Media, 1894-1925
* David McNeill, Kicking Your Head to Get Rid of a Headache: Palm Oil and the Imminent Extinction of the Orangutan
Find them at http://japanfocus.org - m.selden."
Site contents:
* BROWSE ALL ARTICLES; * BROWSE BY REGION (Japan and the World, The United States, The Asia Pacific, East Asia, Southeast Asia, Southwest Asia, Middle East, Central Asia, South Asia, Russia, Europe, The Americas, Okinawa, Africa); * BROWSE BY ISSUES (Diplomacy and Security, The Military and Security, War and Peace, History, Politics and Ideology, Economics, Social Issues, Culture, Education, The Atomic Bomb, Atomic War, Hiroshima and Nagasaki); * SEARCH BY AUTHOR/TITLE/KEYWORD/DATE OF PUBLICATION
[Japan Focus is a refereed e-journal (est. 2003, ISSN 1557-4660) and archive on the Asia Pacific. In addition to Japan Focus exclusives, it provides translations from Japanese and other languages as well as reprints of important articles. Its website with more than 800 articles provides a permanent resource for students and researchers. The coordinators of Japan Focus are Andrew DeWit, Laura Hein, Gavan McCormack, David McNeill, Mark Selden, Yuki Tanaka and William Underwood. Contact Japan Focus by email at info--at--japanfocus.org - ed.]
URL http://japanfocus.org
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://japanfocus.org
Link reported by: Mark Selden (ms44--at--cornell.edu)
* Resource type [news/comments - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: over 3,000 [in fact 7,820]

21 Sep 2007

Trading routes to China across the Himalaya and attendant ranges - Kibithoo to Karakorum
bameduniya.tripod.com, Waltham, MA, US
Self-description: "The Himalaya are 2700 kms or so long and about 300 kms wide range between the Big Bend of the Tsangpo in the SE and the Big Bend of the Indus in the NW. [...] Trade routes to China pierced this topographical tangle in countless places. Kibithoo, in Lohit district of Arunachal Pradesh, is the easternmost and lowest direct route into Tibet, China. Karakorum pass in the north of Ladakh is the highest usable route to Sinkiang, China. The greater portion of Tibet's population lives in the 100 to 160 kms broad belt to its south on either side of the Brahmaputra, the Satluj and the Indus. [...] Some of the trade routes from NE to NW to Tibet & Sinkiang are listed below. Of these only 2 are functioning officially but both countries goods continue to flow across the borders from several places."
Site contents: * Arunachal (details of 7 routes); * Sikkim (2 routes); * Uttar Pradesh (4 routes); * Himachal Pradesh (4 routes); * Ladakh (8 routes), * A 1992 list of 29 goods that can be "exported freely" to China as border barter trade through the only two Land Customs Stations (Garbyang in Uttaranchal and Shipki La in Himachal) open so far along the entire Indo-China border.
[A highly informative, packed with geographic details document by Romesh Bhattacharji published online sometime between 2003 and 2007 - ed.]
URL http://bameduniya.tripod.com/tradingroutes.html
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Other
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

20 Sep 2007

Foreign Policy Research Centre (FPRC), India
Foreign Policy Research Centre, New Delhi, India
Self-description: "Nature: Purely a research institute. Object: To conduct in-depth study and research on every aspect of Indian foreign policy in international perspective as well as in the context of contemporary world developments. [...]
PROGRAMMES
* Historical Studies : Preparation of a history of Indian foreign policy, 1947-2007 Research on any issue in which India has been involved or in which it participated or towards which it reacted. 2. Current Research: (i) Indian Foreign Policy : Annual Survey (Confined to international relations) (ii) Indian Foreign Policy: Domestic Determinants (Analysis of Indian foreign policy in context of domestic developments) (iii) Indian Foreign Economic Policy (Analysis of foreign economic diplomacy) (iv) Indian Foreign Policy : Chronicle of Events (with index) 3. Research Journal : FPRC Journal on Indian foreign policy
* Publications: 1. Indian Foreign Policy : Annual Survey, 1971; 2. Indian Foreign Policy : Annual Survey, 1972; 3. Indian Foreign Policy : Annual Survey, 1973; 4. Indian Foreign Policy : Annual Survey, 1974; 5. Indian Foreign Policy : Annual Survey, 1975; 6. Indian Foreign Policy : Annual Survey, 1976; 7. Indian Foreign Policy : Annual Survey, 1977; 8. Indian Foreign Policy : Annual Survey, 1978; 9. Indian Foreign Policy : Annual Survey, 1979; 10. Indian Foreign Policy : Annual Survey, 1980; 11. Indian Foreign Policy : Annual Survey, 1981; 12. Indian Foreign Policy : Annual Survey, 1982; 13. Foreign Policy Annual, 2001 (In Two Vols. ); 14. Foreign Policy Annual, 2002 (In Two Vols. ); 15. Foreign Policy Annual, 2003 (In Two Vols. ); 16. Foreign Policy Annual, 2004 (In Two Vols. ); 17. Foreign Policy Annual, 2005 (In Two Vols. ); 18. Foreign Policy Annual, 2006 (In Two Vols. ); 19. Indian Affairs Annual, 2005 ( In 9 vols. ); 20. Indian Affairs Annual, 2006 ( In 9 vols. ); 21. Indian Political Parties Annual,2006 (In 3 vols. ) ; 22. FPRC Journal, No. 1, (Terrorism & Human Rights); 23. India Foreign Policy and Domestic Politics, Annual 2007.
* Forthcoming Publications: Indian Foreign Economic Policy,Annual 2007 60 Years of Indian Foreign Policy (1947-2007)."
Supplied note: "This is a call for papers for the next issue of FPRC Journal on Indian Foreign Policy. The theme is 'India's Neighbourhood.' Hope this information is forwarded to the subscribers of Asian Studies WWW Monitor email edition. - Dr. Mahendra Gaur, Director."
URL http://www.foreignpolicy.in/
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Dr Mahendra Gaur (fprcindia--at--yahoo.co.in)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Other
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

19 Sep 2007

SuttaCentral: Online Sutta Correspondence Project
Santi Forest Monastery, Bundanoon, NSW, Australia
Self-description: "SuttaCentral aims at facilitating the study of Buddhist texts from comparative and historical perspectives. It focuses on the texts that represent 'Early Buddhism', texts preserved not only in the Pali Sutta and Vinaya Pitakas but also in Chinese and Tibetan translations and in fragmentary remains in Sanskrit and other languages.
SuttaCentral offers a gateway to this material by enabling users to quickly identify the Chinese, Tibetan, and/or Sanskrit parallels of any given Pali discourse - or vice versa. Having found that information, one can then can click on the relevant links and consult the actual texts, most of which are accessible from other web-sites. Later we also hope to provide direct access to available English translations.
The system focuses initially on providing the correspondence data from the perspective of the Pali suttas; that is, given a particular Pali sutta, one can find the parallels in other textual languages. Finding parallels in the reverse direction will become possible in due course. In building SuttaCentral, we plan to work through the nikayas, one by one, in the traditional sequence. At present the Digha and Majjhima Nikayas are complete. Data on the remaining nikayas will become accessible as the relevant research and data-entry work progresses.
The data supplied here offer substantial improvements and additions over the pioneering work by Akanuma (Comparative Catalogue of Chinese Agamas & Pali Nikayas, 1929) [Chizen Akanuma, The Comparative Catalogue of Chinese Agamas and Pali Nikayas. (Nagoya, Japan: Hijinaku-Shobo, 1929; reprint, Delhi: Sri Satguru Publications, 1990) - ed.], until now the standard reference work in this area. Nevertheless, there is still much room for improvement. We therefore invite other scholars working on this same early Buddhist material to provide input to SuttaCentral (see 'Contacts'), so that the material displayed is continually refined for greater accuracy and completeness. [...]
Sutta Central was conceived and designed by the collective imaginations of Venerable Analayo (Germany), Rod Bucknell (Australia), and Bhante Sujato (Australia), based on sutta correspondence tables compiled by Rod Bucknell and Ven. Analayo."
Site contents: * Collections (Pali, Chinese, Tibetan, Sanskrit, Prakrit, Gandhari, Khotanese, Uighur); * Search (Help, by Name, by Abbreviation and number, by Volume/Page reference); * Vision Statement; * Contacts.
URL http://www.suttacentral.net/
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.suttacentral.net/
Link reported by: Bhante Sujato (sujato--at--gmail.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents/Study
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Other
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

18 Sep 2007

Japan Focus: An Asia-Pacific Journal - Issue Sep 18, 2007
japanfocus.org, Ithaca, NY, US
Supplied note: "The following articles were posted on Sep 18, 2007 at Japan Focus.
* Glenda S. Roberts, Labor Migration to Japan: Comparative Perspectives on Demography and the Sense of Crisis
* Atsuko ABE, Japanese Local Governments Facing the Reality of Immigration
* Ryoko YAMAMOTO, Migrant-support NGOs and the Challenge to the Discourse on Foreign Criminality in Japan
* Gabriele Vogt, "Guest Workers" for Japan?
* Deborah J. Milly, What Japanese Policymakers Should Know about How Government Contributes to Irregular Immigration
Find them at http://japanfocus.org - m.selden."
Site contents:
* BROWSE ALL ARTICLES; * BROWSE BY REGION (Japan and the World, The United States, The Asia Pacific, East Asia, Southeast Asia, Southwest Asia, Middle East, Central Asia, South Asia, Russia, Europe, The Americas, Okinawa, Africa); * BROWSE BY ISSUES (Diplomacy and Security, The Military and Security, War and Peace, History, Politics and Ideology, Economics, Social Issues, Culture, Education, The Atomic Bomb, Atomic War, Hiroshima and Nagasaki); * SEARCH BY AUTHOR/TITLE/KEYWORD/DATE OF PUBLICATION
[Japan Focus is a refereed e-journal (est. 2003, ISSN 1557-4660) and archive on the Asia Pacific. In addition to Japan Focus exclusives, it provides translations from Japanese and other languages as well as reprints of important articles. Its website with more than 800 articles provides a permanent resource for students and researchers. The coordinators of Japan Focus are Andrew DeWit, Laura Hein, Gavan McCormack, David McNeill, Mark Selden, Yuki Tanaka and William Underwood. Contact Japan Focus by email at info--at--japanfocus.org - ed.]
URL http://japanfocus.org
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://japanfocus.org
Link reported by: Mark Selden (ms44--at--cornell.edu)
* Resource type [news/comments - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: over 3,000 [in fact 7,820]

18 Sep 2007

TibetBlogs.com - Feeds
tibetblogs.com
Self-description: "Tibet Blogs displays blog updates from tibetan bloggers and serves as an online directory for tibet-related weblogs. If you run a blog site, feel free to add your blog to our directory."
Site contents: * Tibet News via phayul [www.phayul.com] (The Dalai Lama attends inter-faith dialogue at Lisbon Mosque (2007/9/17); Indian diplomacy after globalisation (2007/9/17); China tightens grip ahead of congress (2007/9/17; Tibetan rights trump trade with China say Canadians (2007/9/17));
* Recently Updated Blogs [published time, name, headline]
2007/9/17 14:29, Beijing Wide Open, Interview with Jamyang Norbu part 2;
2007/9/17 12:31, Pema, Dalai Lama attends inter-faith dialogue at Lisbon Mosque;
2007/9/17 12:03, Pema, Human Rights Torch Relay welcomed in Slovak Republic;
2007/9/17 9:54, SFT, Tibetan Students Used as Olympic Props;
2007/9/17 8:51, Pema, Authorities in Beijing demolish village of petitioners;
2007/9/17 8:28, Pema, Tibetan rights trump trade say Canadians;
2007/9/17 3:02, Tibetan Studies Resources, Bhutan - Institute of Traditional Medical Services (ITMS);
2007/9/17 1:30, Jigtenmig, phyir 'ong ba - Once Returner;
2007/9/16 20:48, mbymrc, Harmonic Healing Night;
2007/9/16 18:25, Attitudezen, Une des cles du bonheur;
2007/9/16 12:21, Tibet Toons, Caricature Sketch;
2007/9/16 11:17, The Secret Tibet, China Detains Tibetans in Lhasa Trader Dispute;
2007/9/16 11:00, The Secret Tibet, Dalai Lama to Meet German Chancellor Merkel in Berlin;
2007/9/16 10:51, The Secret Tibet, Put Tibet On The World Agenda;
2007/9/16 10:49, The Secret Tibet, Spiritual connection with Tibet leads author to novel;
2007/9/16 8:23, Pema, China's worsening human rights.
URL http://tibetblogs.com/modules/feeds/
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: News
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Other
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 1000 [in fact, 610 links]

17 Sep 2007

Caucasian Review of International Affairs (CRIA) - e-journal
Caucasian Review of International Affairs, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Supplied note: "Call for papers for the Caucasian Review of International Affairs. The Caucasian Review of International Affairs (CRIA) is a new name of the formerly Caucasian Journal of European Affairs the first issue of which was published in [winter - ed.] 2006. After a short break due to certain technical problems the Review is being published again in a new format and with a completely new web site [at the URL below].
The CRIA is a primarily English-language quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal published by the Centre for European Studies in Azerbaijan. The CRIA focuses on various international political, economic, security and legal issues and the current developments in the South Caucasus region.
The CRIA is currently an online publication. The hard copy version of the Review is planned to be published as from the year 2008. The next issue of the CRIA will be published in December 2007. Deadline for the submission of articles is the 15th of November 2007. See the manuscript guidelines at: http://cria-online.org/submit.php - na."
Site contents: * Editorial Board; * Current Issue; * Back Issues; * Submit an article; * Contact us; * Recommend us; * Search.
URL http://cria-online.org/
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Nasimi Aghayev (nasimiaghayev--at--yahoo.com), forwarded by central-eurasia-l--at--lists.fas.harvard.edu
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: 30

17 Sep 2007

"The New Silk Roads: Transport and Trade in Greater Central Asia" - an e-book
Central Asia Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Program, Uppsala, Sweden
Self-description: "The New Silk Roads: Transport and Trade in Greater Central Asia. [2007]. Edited by S. Frederick Starr.
Free, downloadable PDF files are available below.
[...] Thanks to the collapse of the USSR, whose closed border stood like a wall across the heart of Eurasia, to China's decision to open trade across its western border, and to the gradual return of Afghanistan to the community of nations, continental trade spanning the entire Eurasian land mass is again becoming possible. Western Europe, China, Russia, the Middle East, and the Indian sub-continent can, in time, connect with one another and with the lands between by means of direct roads, railroads, and technologies for transporting gas, oil, and hydroelectric power. These 'new Silk Roads' have enormous potential for the entire Eurasian continent, and especially for the countries of 'Greater Central Asia' which they must traverse. This book, with contributions by eminent scholars from sixteen countries, reviews the state of the links of transport and trade that are bringing about this fundamental change on the world's largest continent. It explores the potential of such interchange for fifteen of the countries most directly affected by it. It identifies some of the many impediments to the full realization of this epochal project. And it suggests a few steps that might be taken to ameliorate or remove these impediments."
Site contents: * Cover; * Table of Contents etc.; * Introduction - S. Frederick Starr; * Afghanistan - Masood Aziz; * Pakistan - Aftab Kazi; * Tajikistan - Khojamakhmad Umarov; * Turkmenistan - Firat Yildiz; * Iran - Abbas Maleki; * Uzbekistan - Martina Reiser and Dennis DeTray; * The Kyrgyz Republic - Joomart Otorbayev et. al.; * Kazakhstan - Sanat Kushkumbayev; * Azerbaijan - Taleh Ziyadov; * India - Gulshan Sachdeva; * China - Niklas Swanstršm, Nicklas Norling and Zhang Li; * Turkey - Kemal Kaya; * Russia - Vladimir Boyko; * Contributors.
URL http://www.silkroadstudies.org/new/inside/publications/GCA.html
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.silkroadstudies.org/new/inside/publications/GCA.html
Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: 30

16 Sep 2007

Bhutan - Institute of Traditional Medical Services (ITMS)
Ministry of Health, Thimphu, Bhutan
Supplied note: "The initial pages of the Institute (ITMS) are at [the URL below] and include brief sections on the National Traditional Medicine Hospital (NTMH), National Institute of Traditional Medicine (NITM), the Pharmaceutical and Research Unit (PRU), Herb, and Medicine. Location maps for the NTMH are included. Herbs (dictionary) is still 'Under Construction'. Under 'Medicines' [temporarily unavailable - ed.], there is a detailed listing (A-Z) of many compounds, with their Dzongkha names, details of dose and administration, indications (for use), ingredient listing of the compound with Latin names, comment on the 'intrinsic nature' of the compound (cool, neutral etc), and reference (usually Traditional Medicine National Formulary second edition). The PRU pages offer a link to Menjong (Sorig) Pharma, the trading arm of the ITMS, at www.menjongpharma.com.bt where details of several products are given. - bcs."
URL http://www.health.gov.bt/Indigenous/07kingdom/07htm/07kingdom.htm
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Brian C. Shaw (bcjshaw--at--hkucc.hku.hk)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library - NGO - other]: Government
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

URL http://coombs.anu.edu.au/asia-www-monitor.html
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/coombs.anu.edu.au/asia-www-monitor.html
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